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Argumentative
I begun researching ideas for my argumentative essay by going on the internet to the Post Gazette’s website and to a local Pittsburgh news website. On the sites I found many common interests for topics including the excessive amount of snow and the problems it caused, the police withholding crime info from the public, and the graffiti problem around the city.
We are all very aware how the excessive two feet of snow affected everyone around the whole city. Weather you lived outside downtown or living in downtown it was almost impossible to get anyone for almost a week. Due to the fact that the city of Pittsburgh was in an official state of emergency, most businesses, jobs, and schools were shut down for almost the whole week. Everyone was then behind a week with their jobs and schooling so Pittsburgh was in a rush to catch up on lost time. This became a difficult thing to do because the roads and sidewalks took forever to get cleaned off. This caused a lot more panic in and around the city. Therefore, Pittsburgh could definitely use a better snow plowing and snow emergency system.
In the Post Gazette there was an article about how the police was keeping crime information from the public. This is a big issue because the public likes to know what happens around them and what to watch out for. This new policy makes disorderly conduct, retail theft, harassment and public drunkenness a confidential record and all information regarding these issues will be withheld from the public. This policy could trigger a lot of conflict from the city’s citizens because they do have a right to know and be away of the crime around them to better protect themselves.
When driving or walking around Pittsburgh you notice there is graffiti drawn almost everywhere. This may seem like a form of artwork but it is vandalism and is illegal and sometimes offensive. Locals do not like their city being turned into a giant canvas for juvenile kids to “express” themselves on. Most of they vandalism is acted from boredom, popularity, or gang promotion. They city is trying to be more aggressive to slow down and stop this crime and clean up the city as much as they can. Once the problem is solved the city will be presented as a much cleaner and safer area.
